Unisex name · since 2003

Iley

191 babies named Iley in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#20,294 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,843 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
191
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Iley is the #9843 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 191 recorded since 2003.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iley has been recorded 191 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #9843 nationally and more common than 43% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #20,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,843 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 191 born since 2003
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iley ranks #20,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,843 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 191 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,294 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,843 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
191
born since 2003
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%43%
Iley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Iley's 191 recorded births place it above 71.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Iley compares

191 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Iley's all-time total is 49% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Iley Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 191 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Iley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Iley's full recorded timeline at 2015, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Iley popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
16
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
5101520 2003200920122015201820222025 10

Iley popularity over time - boys

108 total births recorded since 1900 (Iley as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 108 births
4681012 1900191819211926193819551957 5

Iley by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 50% of the file).

2010s was Iley's strongest decade.

96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Iley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iley?
191 babies have been named Iley since 2003. All-time, it sits at #20,294 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,843 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2022 with 16 births.
Where does Iley sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iley ranks #20,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,843 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Iley most popular?
Iley was most popular in the 2010s decade with 96 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Is Iley a unisex name?
Yes, Iley is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 191 births, and as a boy's name it has 108 births.
How long has the name Iley been used?
Records for Iley go back to 2003, giving 23 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Iley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ilene, Ileana, Ileen, Ilean, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Iley's data

  • Iley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Iley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.